Full OBC quota can be implemented by 2011: PGI

Tuesday 10 February '09

With a view to implement the 27 per cent quota for OBC candidates, the PGI has its task cut out to incur an additional expenditure of Rs 350 crore for not only upgrading the infrastructure...

PGI opens registration for lung-transplant hopefuls

Sunday 25 January '09

With an aim to become a pioneer institute in the country to carry out heart lung or lobar lung transplantation, the PGI is registering patients at present to ascertain the demand and its own readiness to carry out the complicated procedure.

Want fair skin and a slim waistline? Eat slow and right

Friday 16 January '09

You don’t need to spend a fortune on cosmetics, lotions, potions and beauty treatments at parlours for a glowing and fair skin.

Want fair skin and a slim waistline? Eat slow and right

Thursday 15 January '09

You don’t need to spend a fortune on cosmetics, lotions, potions and beauty treatments at parlours for a glowing and fair skin.

Who will bell the canines? Over 6,000 cases of dog bite in 2008

Wednesday 7 January '09

According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2008 was the Year of the Rat but a different species ruled the lives of the Chandigarh residents last year.

Strength in numbers: PGI to invite specialists to shore up staff shortage

Tuesday 30 December '08

With an aim to address the paucity of specialist doctors, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...

To fill vacancies, PGIMER to hire specialists on short-term basis

Wednesday 24 December '08

To bail itself out of the paucity of specialist doctors, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...

‘Brain dead’ boy gives a new lease of life to two patients of renal failure

Wednesday 24 December '08

Tears rolled down her face as Meera Moni wished two families from Himachal Pradesh a speedy recovery of their kin.

Dental college makes its presence felt

Saturday 20 December '08

It has been nearly three years since the Dr H S Judge Institute of Dental Sciences was established at the Panjab University campus.

Antidote to snakebite: dash to the doc!

Wednesday 10 December '08

“Rush to the doctor!” This is the expert advice of PGI doctors, who studied over 22 cases of snakebite in children at the Paediatric Emergency department from January 2006 till June this year.

‘In Haryana, it’s women who crave more for a male child’

Wednesday 10 December '08

According to the latest National Family and Health Survey, women express a stronger preference for a male child than men in Haryana.

Antidote to snakebite: dash to the doc!

Tuesday 9 December '08

“Rush to the doctor!” This is the expert advice of PGI doctors, who studied over 22 cases of snakebite in children at the Paediatric Emergency department from January 2006 till June this year.

GMCH to now screen families with history of muscular dystrophy

Thursday 4 December '08

The Genetic Centre at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, will soon start screening families to check for the symptoms of muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder.

A social battle for the warrior on the wheelchair

Wednesday 3 December '08

For over two decades, Bipin Kaushal, a lecturer in Electronics at the Punjab Engineering College...

Fighting social stigma, economic handicap, AIDS patients struggle on

Tuesday 2 December '08

As 38-year-old Randeep Kaur (name changed) stood in the long queue for opening her first ever bank savings accounts, she made several attempts to hide her arm, dotted with blisters.

‘Two-third children in the state are anaemic’

Saturday 22 November '08

With two-third of children up to the age of 5 years suffering from anaemia in Punjab, the state government has decided to introduce special cards for schoolgoing children in the state from next month, which would be updated monthly.

Punjabis prosper in all directions

Saturday 22 November '08

Courtesy the calorie-rich diet, heavy reliance on dairy products and the substantially reduced physical activity, Punjabis have now officially earned the dubious distinction of being the country’s most ‘over-fed’ community.

Hope for hospitals as more volunteers pledge bodies for medical research

Friday 21 November '08

There is a flicker of hope for medical colleges reeling under the shortage of cadavers used in medical education. While no immediate solution to the problem is in sight...

ISRO men share ‘moment of pride’ with city

Saturday 15 November '08

It was a day the Indian tricolour marked its first presence on the moon after Chandrayaan-1’s Impact Probe, with the Indian flag painted on it, detached from the ship and landed on the lunar surface.

Proposed, on paper for years, PGI facilities yet to take off

Sunday 9 November '08

Despite the slow pace of progress on its ongoing works, the premier health institute of the region, the PGI, is on way to introduce several new centres to ease patient load.

Vascular surgery offers hope to counter diabetic foot amputations

Friday 7 November '08

While the ominous threat of amputation of the diabetic foot looms large on patients...

Rural residents equally prone to cardiovascular diseases, says study

Wednesday 5 November '08

Emphasising that cardiovascular diseases are not restricted to the urban population...

Dengue cases lead to blood scarcity

Thursday 9 October '08

With cases of dengue fever gripping the region, blood banks in the city have been coping with a severe crunch for the last one month.

Longevity equals loneliness, finds GMCH study

Wednesday 8 October '08

In the dusk of their lives, it seems that the elderly in the city sorely miss a supporting hand.

Heart of the matter: Cardiac ailments arrest more youths

Saturday 4 October '08

Heart disease is catching up with the youth. And they are falling prey at an alarming rate as well, say PGI doctors.